Can you put raw chicken straight in the slow cooker?

[FlabCrab]

Or do you need to fry it a bit first?

Thanks!

Yes

Call me a savage but I never brown stuff off before shoving it in the slow cooker. Not even onions.

Yes straight in or yes fry it a bit first!? 😂

Straight in no frying off needed

I hope you can cause I did just that an hour ago

You can even put it in frozen

Frozen chicken in slow cooker > go to work > come home > eat

Just chuck it in

I always fry it a bit first OP. You might be able to put it in raw but I just wouldn't be able to bring myself to do it!!

Always raw here.

Yeah of course bung it in and go . Looks a bit anaemic by itself , I chuck a jar of curry or a jar of something over it and go out for the day

@FlabCrab

Yes straight in or yes fry it a bit first!? 😂

Raw or fried, but either way make sure it is dead first.

Yes of course put it in raw. It’s being put in to something that’s designed to cook it!

Always put it in raw. No need to brown!

I only brown sausages first.

Yes you can and frozen chicken can go straight in

Got a chicken/apricot TAGINE in mine as we speak. I don't put frozen chicken in, although it says you can because you need a high temperature to kill bacteria

Yes you can, one of my slow cooker book recipes explicitly tells you to put it in raw.